I just thought of this, and it made me laugh again, so I figured I would share.
I have a student this year named Ben, short for Benjamin. One of those kids you get later in the year and you're like, oh crap. Is he going to be a hellion? Is he going to mess up my whole class? If you're a teacher, you know what I'm talking about :-)
So anyway, Ben turned out to be awesome :-) I love his personality and he actually pays attention when I teach (BONUS!).
I was doing FAIR testing, dreaded standardized testing that is far from FAIR, and it was Ben's turn. So he read me the word list that placed him in story to read about ground beetles ( an insect that I now know way more about than I would I ever need to). So Ben is reading about ground beetles and how they use this stinky, hot liquid to frighten enemies by squirting it at them. We both giggled on the word "stinky" (Hello! That's why I teach second grade) but this is a timed test, so I prompted him with a wave of my hand to keep reading.
He comes to the part where they shoot the stinky, hot liquid out of their body, but instead of body, Ben says, "booty."
He stops reading, and the quite hallway that I was testing in suddenly became quieter. His cheeks got so red and he quickly tried to correct himself, only to say it again, at which point I started cracking up. Once I started laughing he relaxed and started smiling.
"It's body," I corrected him, while wiping the tears out of my eyes. I wanted to say that the booty is probably exactly where the liquid exits the body, but of course I didn't :-)
So the poor kid probably lost 10-15 precious seconds on his time for fluency, but hey, that will just make his winter score look even better ;-)
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